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Jackson

Jackson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,955. Its county seat is . The county was formed in 1858 from land given by Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, and Rockcastle counties.
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  • Type: County with 13,000 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Jackson County”, “Jackson County, Kentucky”, and “Jackson County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jackson County High School.

School
is a high school which was established in 1967 and is located in the It serves around 600 students in Jackson County, KY and McKee, KY in grades 9th through 12th.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McKee and Gray Hawk.

Village
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is a home rule-class city in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. It is the county seat and only city in the county. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 803.

Village
is an unincorporated community in eastern Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. The community is located along US Route 421. has a post office, gas station, restaurant, community park, and two waterfalls: McCammon Branch Falls and Flat Lick Falls.

Jackson

Latitude
37.42° or 37° 25′ 12″ north
Longitude
-83.9914° or 83° 59′ 29″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
1,375 feet (419 metres)
Open location code
869RC2C5+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958933
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4296106
Wiki­data ID
Q500686
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jackson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jackson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جاكسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه جاكسون، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Ջեքսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jackson”
  • Basque: “Jackson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County”
  • Bengali: “জ্যাকসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаксън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jackson”
  • Cebuano: “Jackson County”
  • Chechen: “Джексон (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Джексон”
  • Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “傑克遜縣”
  • Chinese: “杰克逊县”
  • Dutch: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jackson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jackson”
  • Estonian: “Jacksoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jacksonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Jackson County”
  • Ganda: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Jackson County”
  • Georgian: “ჯექსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jackson County”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Hungarian: “Jackson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jackson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Jackson County”
  • Japanese: “ジャクソン郡”
  • Korean: “잭슨군”
  • Low German: “Jackson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جکسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jackson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jackson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Jackson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson”
  • Russian: “Джексон”
  • Russian: “Джэксон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Jackson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џексон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Jackson County”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County”
  • Tatar: “Джексон (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Джексон”
  • Tumbuka: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Jackson County”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джексон”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Park Ridge and Rocky Hill Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include USFS Wildlife Opening and Bond Memorial Park.

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